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QuestionAre widows or widowers more likely to remarry?Klare Heston is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker based in Cleveland, Ohio. With experience in academic counseling and clinical supervision, Klare received her Master of Social Work from the Virginia Commonwealth University in 1983. She also holds a 2-Year Post-Graduate Certificate from the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, as well as certification in Family Therapy, Supervision, Mediation, and Trauma Recovery and Treatment (EMDR).People who were happily married are more likely to marry again. Also, people who talked with their spouse about the event of one of their deaths often feel better about knowing how their spouse felt about their possible re-marriage.
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QuestionAre you a widow if you remarry?Klare Heston is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker based in Cleveland, Ohio. With experience in academic counseling and clinical supervision, Klare received her Master of Social Work from the Virginia Commonwealth University in 1983. She also holds a 2-Year Post-Graduate Certificate from the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, as well as certification in Family Therapy, Supervision, Mediation, and Trauma Recovery and Treatment (EMDR).When you re-marry, you are now a wife of a new husband, but also a former widow. It is best to work through your grief about losing one spouse before marrying a second one.
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QuestionDo second marriages last longer than first marriages?Klare Heston is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker based in Cleveland, Ohio. With experience in academic counseling and clinical supervision, Klare received her Master of Social Work from the Virginia Commonwealth University in 1983. She also holds a 2-Year Post-Graduate Certificate from the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, as well as certification in Family Therapy, Supervision, Mediation, and Trauma Recovery and Treatment (EMDR).While it is individual, people often learn about their mistakes from first marriages and work harder to make second marriages work. Partners in second marriages also have a greater sense of what to make an issue of, and what to drop!
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QuestionAre you still legally married if your spouse dies?Klare Heston is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker based in Cleveland, Ohio. With experience in academic counseling and clinical supervision, Klare received her Master of Social Work from the Virginia Commonwealth University in 1983. She also holds a 2-Year Post-Graduate Certificate from the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, as well as certification in Family Therapy, Supervision, Mediation, and Trauma Recovery and Treatment (EMDR).No, when a spouse dies, the legal aspect of a marriage is over. Even the wedding vows say, "till death do us part."
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